If you’re starting a new lawn and want grass seeds to grow better, apply compost before sowing grass seeds. To start, remove ...

Steve Tharp Jr. of the Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Recycling District guides you through creating a compost pile for lawn and ...

Soil Temperature Is Vital For Grass Seed Germination Before you go ... lightly cover the sown area with a thin layer of mulch or straw. This should stop birds from stealing the seed and also ...

Remove all scraggly grass, weeds or sticks. Till up the area a few inches deep, or use a rotary hand cultivator to rough up the surface. Sprinkle on the seed, cover with a light sprinkling of straw, ...

Spring is in the air, garden cleanup is underway and a fresh layer of mulch gives any landscape or garden a clean look while suppressing weeds.

grass or wheat straw and compost. When using organic amendments, make sure that they have not been treated with herbicides, as it can carry over into the soil. Inorganic amendments include pumice ...

Straw bale gardens are becoming popular with growers plagued with poor soil or limited garden space, said University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein. Straw bale gardening ...